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Februaray 24, 2006

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Several classes are offered through the Iowa Department of Management, GEM$ Office and Iowa Department of Administrative Services.

The Grantmanship Training Series in Des Moines.

  • Seeking Grants, April 14, 2006;
  • Writing Grants, April 28, 2006
  • Grant Management, May 5, 2006.

For information on the classes and registration information go to the GEM$ web site: http://www.iagems.gov/index.php?get=training

New Womans Day initiative asks readers to share stories on how the library has changed their life

Womans Day magazine wants to learn how the library has changed lives.

The magazine announced the editorial initiative in its March 7 issue, which reached subscribers last week. In the issue, the magazine declares that libraries are magical places and asks readers to submit their stories in 700 words or less. Stories can be sent to womansday@ala.org from now until May 10, 2006, when the promotion closes.Four of the submissions will be featured in an upcoming issue of Womans Day.

Librarians can promote the initiative in their library by downloading free promotional tools from the ALA @ your library® Web site, http://www.ala.org/ala/pio/campaign/sponsorship/wdchangelives.htm Tools include a sample press release, downloadable logos, sample newsletter copy and flyer.

In the same issue, Womans Day highlights the two winners from last years editorial initiative, which asked people why they would want to research their family trees at the library. The four-page article features librarians Howard Grueneberg from the Urbana (Ill.) Free Library and Shellie Cocking from the San Francisco Public Library guiding the winners through library resources to help them discover new parts of their family history. It also includes a sidebar with tips on plotting family history from ALA member Stephen C. Young of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young is chair of the genealogy committee for the Reference and User Services Associations (RUSA) history section.

The ALA partnership with Womans Day began in 2002 with a series of workshops for aspiring writers led by writers from the magazine. It has developed into a multi-program partnership that has resulted in approximately $4 million in library-related editorial coverage in five issues of the magazine, donated ad space and an online book club featuring ALA members.

The writing workshops will kick off again this year during National Library Week at 10 community college and public libraries throughout the country. Currently, the Womans Day online book club features YALSA members book recommendations for young adults, and beginning this summer, the book club will highlight RUSA members. The book club is available by visiting www.womansday.com/community .

Womans Day is a Founding Partner of The Campaign for Americas Libraries, the ALAs multi-year public awareness and advocacy campaign to promote the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century.

In the same issue, Womans Day highlights the two winners from last years editorial initiative, which asked people why they would want to research their family trees at the library. The four-page article features librarians Howard Grueneberg from the Urbana (Ill.) Free Library and Shellie Cocking from the San Francisco Public Library guiding the winners through library resources to help them discover new parts of their family history. It also includes a sidebar with tips on plotting family history from ALA member Stephen C. Young of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. Young is chair of the genealogy committee for the Reference and User Services Associations (RUSA) history section.

The ALA partnership with Womans Day began in 2002 with a series of workshops for aspiring writers led by writers from the magazine. It has developed into a multi-program partnership that has resulted in approximately $4 million in library-related editorial coverage in five issues of the magazine, donated ad space and an online book club featuring ALA members.


The writing workshops will kick off again this year during National Library Week at 10 community college and public libraries throughout the country. Currently, the Womans Day online book club features YALSA members book recommendations for young adults, and beginning this summer, the book club will highlight RUSA members. The book club is available by visiting www.womansday.com/community .

Womans Day is a Founding Partner of The Campaign for Americas Libraries, the ALAs multi-year public awareness and advocacy campaign to promote the value of libraries and librarians in the 21st century.

Classes on Legislative Day
Don't forget!  The State Library is offering the following classes from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
Finding and Using State Library Medical and Legal Information
Telling Your Library Story
Finding and Creating Community Demographic Profiles
Attend two of the three classes for CE credits. For more information and to register, Visit:  www.silo.lib.ia.us/cgi-bin/cecat

ABOUT THE LSA:

  • March 8 ILA Legislative Day - Yes we expect to take two vans to DM, check at the NEILSA CE registration for a ride. If you are planning to drive yourself and are willing to take passengers, let me know and we'll try to help coordinate car-pooling.

Thanks to the Gates Foundation Staying Connected grant, the State Library is pleased to offer public libraries a new optional service - hosting your library's Web site and e-mail. On Friday, March 17, 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., there will be an information session over the ICN. At this session, library directors and board members will have an opportunity to preview the Web site templates and get your questions answered. 
Information about ICN locations and registration for the information session will be available at a later date.  Be watching for the letter formally announcing this new service.  In the meantime, if you have any questions, please let me know. 
Sandy Dixon  -  Program Director Library Development

The race is on to change our reading habits. Giant corporations are competing for the digital dollar, says James Norman.  The future of reading [The Age]
http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/the-future-of-reading/2006/01/12/1136956293928.html

CE:

Subject: [irls] Dates set for Rural Sustainability Institute!

 These are the dates/locations of the 5 Staying Connected/Rural Sustainability training that we will be doing.  I will be getting training on the Rural Sustainability grant at the end of this month, so you will be getting more information on the program in March. If you have the opportunity to mention these up-coming Institutes toyour libraries, I would really appreciate it.

July 10-11, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake July 13-14, Holiday Inn, Council Bluffs July 17-18, Wartburg College, Waverly July 24-25, St. Ambrose University, Davenport (this is tentative until we can get confirmation of lodging) July 27-28, Central College, Pella
Let me know if you have any questions!  Michele
Michele A. Leininger Continuing Education Consultant

Subject: [Iowalib] Teen Summer Library Workshops

New this year are three regional summer library workshops especially for teens.  Maria Levetzow, from the Bettendorf Public Library will be presenting three teen workshops in person across Iowa. If you have been
doing a teen summer program or are interested in providing one for the first time, this workshop is for you.

The 2006 teen summer theme "Creature Feature" will be highlighted during these three hour workshops.  Your teen summer library manual is located at the back of the Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales Manual you received last October. We have a great program and wonderful door prizes ready for the workshop. 

Workshops will be from 9:00 to 12:00 with registration beginning at 8:30.  Morning refreshments will be served.  

The dates and locations are:

March 14 Grant Wood AEA, 4401 6th St. SW., Cedar Rapids
March 15 Heartland AEA Annex, 6445 Corporate Drive, Johnston
March 16 Storm Lake AEA, 832 Flindt Dr. (Highway 7)

You may register by going to the State Library Website http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/ and clicking on "Continuing Education".

If you have not yet registered on the new State Library CE website, you will find easy instructions, including the Summer Library Program flyer by going to: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/CE-handouts.htm
and clicking on Summer Reading 2006 Workshops.
If you need assistance or have questions, please contact Mary Cameron at the State Library or your LSA!
Register for the upcoming Summer Library Program workshops in 2006! 
The workshop dates and locations are as follows:

Workshop Dates  Location Address   
February 13 Fayette - Upper Iowa University Garbee Hall Complex,   
February 14 North Liberty Community Center  520 West Cherry Street
February 15 Ottumwa – Southern Prairie AEA  2814 North Court, Highway 63 
February 17 - AM Johnston Public Library 6700 Merle Hay Road   
February 17 – PM Johnston Public Library 6700 Merle Hay Road  
February 24 Grundy Center Community Center  705 “F” Avenue
February 27 Elliott Public Library/Community Center 410 Main Street   
February 28 Churdan Community Center 507 Sand Street   
March 1 Paullina American Legion 5624 460th Street – Hwy 10
March 2 Algona Public Library   210 North Phillips Street
March 3 Charles City Public Library 106 Milwaukee Mall  

You may register by going to the State Library Website http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/ and clicking on "Continuing Education". 

Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 13 - Upper Iowa Univ.-Fayette 
Summer Library Program Workshop, Feb. 24- Grundy Center Community Center
New Children's & Young Adult Literature, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 Noon, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 -- ICN
March 8 - Legislative Day, three classes (with the opportunity to take two of them) on Legal and Medical libraries, State Data Center (inc brief intro to Iowa Publications Online) and Telling the Library Story.
April 12 - Readers' Advisory for Children and Teens, 9:30-11:30 with  a repeat session 3-5
April 17 - Medical Reference and HealthInfo Iowa, 9-11
May 3 - Beginning EBSCOhost, 9-11
May 9-12 - Tech Support on the Fly, 9:00-12:00, in Orange City, Clarinda, Knoxville and Anamosa
May 18 - Advanced EBSCOhost, 9-11

Links:

Learning Activity Written Summary: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/online-learningactivitywrittensummary.htm
LSA web site: http://www.ilsa.lib.ia.us/siteindex.htm
NEILSA continuing education  http://www.neilsa.org/classes/current.html
NEILSA e-rate Consortia  Blog http://www.neilsa.org/cblog/index.cfm
NEILSA monthly calendar - http://www.neilsa.org/ncalendar/ncalendarmonth.cfm
NEILSA web site: http://neilsa.org
NEILSA yearly calendar - http://www.neilsa.org/ncalendar/ncalendar_results.cfm
NEILSA Friday Notes archives at: http://www.neilsa.org/fridays/friday.html
NWILSA Blog: http://nwilsblog.blogspot.com
State Calendar - http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/news/calendars/2005calendar.pdf
State Library CE web site at: http://www.silo.lib.ia.us/for-ia-libraries/continuing-ed/index.html
USAC (e-rate): http://www.sl.universalservice.org/

Due Date:
NEILSA closed dates: 5/29, 7/4, 9/4, 11/10, 11/23 & 24, 12/25 & 26, 1/1/2007

  • February 24 - App for PLM I & II due 
  • March 1,2,3 Summer Library Program Workshops
  • March 8 ILA Legislative Day
  • March 14, 15, 16 Teen Summer Library Workshops
  • March 31 Library 101
  • April 2-6 National Library Week
  • April 4 -- New Hartford 7:00 - Butler County Meeting - ER
  • April 4, Howard County at Riceville at 7 pm - KD
  • April 17, at Fairbank 7:00 - Buchanan County Meeting - KD
  • April 18 at Plainfield 7:30 - Bremer County Meeting - ER
  • April 18 - Garnavillo 7:00 Clayton County Meeting - KD
  • April 20 - Fayette County at Westgate with a meal at 5:30p.m. with meeting to begin at 6 - KD
  • April 24 -  9:00 a.m., Dike  Grundy County Meeting - ER
  • June 22 Library 101
  • June 24 - 27 - ALA Annual meeting in New Orleans - ER & KD
  • July 1 - renew EBSCOhost
  • July 20 Lansing 9:30 Allamakee County Association - KD
  • July 31 - Reports due: Direct State Aid & Open Access
  • August - Applications for PLM I & II due
  • August 31 - Enrich Iowa Letter due at SLI
  • September - Library Card sign up month
  • September 13 Library 101
  • September 23 - 30 - Banned Book Week
  • September 27 - State Library/LSA Town Meeting (Waterloo Art and Rec Center)
  • September 30 - Cataloging Supplement report due at SLI
  • October 11 - 13  - ILA Annual Conference in Council Bluffs
  • October 15 - 21 Teen Read Week
  • October 27 -- Arlington 09:30 Fayette County Meeting
  • October 30 - Annual Survey due at SLI
  • Nov. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Spillville Public Library - Winneshiek County Meeting - KD
  • Nov. 3 - ILA Planning Meeting
  • November 13 - 19 - Children's Book Week

The State Library's 2006 calendar  http://www.silo.lib.ia.us

The fine print stuff
blog - Friday Notes 2 AT - http://radio.weblogs.com/0108327/

EDITORS NOTES:

"x" & "xx" are catalogers shorthand for: x = See & xx = See also

Edited by:

Ken Davenport - NEILSA Consultant davenport@neilsa.org

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LIBRARY SERVICE AREA BOARD Meeting

Board Meeting   March 13, 2005 2:00 p.m., Denver Public Library